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Pierre Roland Larouche is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward.

Pierre Larouche played in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Montreal Canadiens, Hartford Whalers, and New York Rangers between 1974 and 1988.

As a youth, Pierre Larouche played in the 1965, 1966 and 1968 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Amos, Quebec.

Pierre Larouche played junior ice hockey with the Sorel Éperviers of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

During the 1973–74 QMJHL season, Pierre Larouche won the Jean Béliveau Trophy as the league’s top scorer, with 94 goals, 157 assists, for a total 251 points.

Pierre Larouche set the Canadian Hockey League record at the time, which is now second only to Mario Lemieux’s 282 points ten years later.

Pierre Larouche was drafted 8th overall by the Penguins in the 1974 NHL amateur draft and in 1976, he became the 16th player ever to reach the 50-goal mark.

Pierre Larouche is also one of the few players to score at least a point-per-game average in their final NHL season.

Pierre Larouche scored 12 points in 10 games, during the 1987–88 NHL season, his last in the league.

Pierre Larouche also won two Stanley Cups with Montreal in 1978 and 1979.